The Port Lincoln Railway Extension Act 1907 (SA)

EDWARDI VII REGIS.

An Act to provide for an Extension of the Port Lincoln

Railway, and for other purposes.

[Assented to, December n t h, 1907.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows:

B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1. This Act may be cited as " The Port Lincoln Railway Short title and Extension Act, 1907," and shall be incorporated and read with the incOrpOratiOn~ Acts set forth in the Schedule hereto and all other Acts now or

hereafter passed amending the said Acts, or any of them, so far

as the same are severally applicable to this Act.

2. The South Australian Railways Commissioner (hereinafter Power to make

called the Commissiorler ") may make and maintain an extension railway.

of the existing line of railway from Port Lincoln, together with all proper works and conveniences connected therewith, as the same is delineated in the plan deposited at the office of the Surveyor-General, at Adelaide, signed " Alex. B. Moncrieff, Engineer-in- Chief," and dated the eighteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

3. The gauge of the said railway shall be three feet six inches, Gauge.

and the rails to be used in the construction thereof shall be of iron or steel, and of the weight of not less than forty pounds to the yard.

4. In assessing the purchase-money or compensation to be paid Betterment provirion.

in respect of land purchused or taken for the purposes of the under- taking hereby authorised, an allowance shall be made in favor of the Commissioner for any increased value given by such undertaking

932 to

7" EDWARDI VII, No. 932.

The Port Lincoln Railway Extension Act.-1907.

to the land of the same owner, but no such allowance shall in any case be more than the purchase-money ancl compensation payable to the owner.

Powers of Commis- 5. The Commissioner may demand for the use of the said railway,

aioner. Tolle and

chargee.	and the carriage of goods and passengers thereon, and for the loading and unloading of goods, such tolls and charges as may from time to time be fixed in manner prescribed by any Act or Acts under which the Commissioner fixes tolls and charges in respect of the railways under his control.
Appropriationof to&,

etc. 6, All tolls, rents, dues, charges, and sums of money which may

be received and levied under authority hereof shall be paid in such manner as the Governor may prescribe to the Treasurer for the public purposes of the said State.

Tenders to be called

for. 7. The Commissioner shall call for tenders for the construction of the railway within such time, at such place, and upon such terms, conditions, and provisions as he may deem advisable, and may accept or reject any tender. The Government may tender at the same time mid on the same conditions,

Tn the name and on behalf of His Majesty, l hereby assent to

this Bill.

GEORGE R. LE HUNrlrE, Governor.

7" EDWARDI VII, No. 932.

The Port Lincoln Railwoy Exte~bsion Act. -1907.

THE SCHEDULE.

"The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act "; Act No. 26 of 1855-6 to amend "The

Lands Clauses Consolidation Act."

" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Amendment Act, 1881 ."

"The Railway Clauses Consolidation Act "; Act No. 6 of 1858 to amend "The

Railway Clauses Consolidation -4ct."

" The Railway Clauses Act, 1876."

" The South Australian Railways Commissioners Act, 1887."

" The Port Lincoln Railway Act, 1905."

Adelaide: By authority, C. E. BEISTOW, Government Printer, North